On 10/2/06, Birgitte SB <birgitte_sb(a)yahoo.com>
wrote:
I speak as if it is part of a pattern, this
thread
had
been a prime example of the pattern when I first
commented. I think this is sign of how much all
the
political stuff has consumed us, that so many
people
can only see this thread as an attack on Danny,
instead of an honest disscussion on an issue. I
don't
know. I suppose all the board elections talk had
me
into believing many people were sincerely
interested
in en.WP dominance issues. I suppose that was
really
all just politics. I will say no more on this
issue,
and instead simply remain silent on threads I
believe
belong elsewere. I am truly sorry for causing
all
the
drama here, I misread the situation.
What I see is a pattern of paranoia about enwiki
dominance.
It' is insulting that you'd believe my
interpretation of events was
based on a misguided belief that there was any
political assault on
Danny. I said exactly what I meant: it's foolish
for anyone to claim
that the thread arose out of an over emphasis on
enwiki because the
person who started it is one of the top contributors
on a non enwiki
project.
In any case, I pointed out how I sincerely believe
that this example
is important for all our projects, although it
happened to be one that
happened on our largest project.
It seems to me that we can best address issues of
"en.WP dominance" by
communicating and being sensitive to and aware of
the challenges that
participants in each project face... I don't see how
silencing
discussion is going to further that goal.
In any case, I welcome you to configure your mail
client to ignore my
messages ... Although I have no intention of doing
the same to you: I
have a real interest in hearing about the problems
you faced and the
solutions you use to address them.
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I believe you must be badly misinterpreting me to
think I would wish to ignore your messages. However I
replied off-list as I don't think evryone else wants
to read another long email from me.
Birgitte SB
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